Jerusalem as Sacred Space in the Biblical Literature For non-religious people, it is hard to believe that a city is so important to hundreds of millions of people in the world, but Jerusalem is such a city. “Even the most secular Israelis and Palestinians pointed out that Jerusalem was ‘holy’ to their people”, Karen Armstrong depicted in his work Jerusalem, One City, Three Faiths. As the holy city of three major religious in our world, Jews, Christians, and Muslims, Jerusalem is always considered as one of the most important and sacred areas known to mankind. The divinity of Jerusalem comes from the biblical text, which vividly describes the establishing of Jerusalem. To some extent, the Jerusalem city itself is a Hierophany. So, what is a Hierophany? Romanian religious …show more content…
Ezekiel claim this man “the hand of the LORD” (Ezekiel 40:1), is the manifestation of the LORD. In that place, there is a temple that “water out from under the threshold,” and “where the river flows, everything will live” (Ezekiel 47). The Bible reveals that utopia is a sacred place for lives that blessed by the LORD. Jerusalem is “destined to prosper”(Ezekiel 47), is a natural-born paradise, the gospel of the LORD blesses the place. Jerusalem is established under the guidance of the …show more content…
When the LORD sent a plague on Israel to punish the people who sinned against him, the angel “stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented” (2 Samuel 24:16), and stops the angel. It is easily to unravel the reasons the LORD shows mercy and not destroys Jerusalem, that the LORD has unique affection towards Jerusalem, this is how the hierophany